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  • 1/18/2025
Immigration authorities have detained 76 undocumented migrants during pre-dawn raids at foreign worker settlements in Shah Alam and Kajang.

The operation, on Friday (Jan 17)was prompted by public complaints.

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00:00Immigration authorities have detained 76 undocumented migrants
00:04during pre-dawn raids at foreign worker settlements in Shah Alam and Kajang.
00:09The operation, at 12.05 a.m. on Friday,
00:12involved 113 officers and was prompted by public complaints.
00:17Immigration Department Director General Datuk Zakaria Shaban
00:21reported that of 374 foreigners checked,
00:25those detained were aged between 20 and 55
00:28from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan and India.
00:33The arrests were made for various immigration violations,
00:36including lack of identification documents and overstaying.
00:40The detainees have been transferred to the Immigration Depot in Pekan Nenas, Johor.
00:45Zakaria said the department will continue its strict enforcement
00:48against immigration law violators.
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